S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5508 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
130 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
11 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
210 to 320 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
300 to 360 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
420 to 1460 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
310 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
44 to 230 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
260 to 640 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
15 to 52 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
16 to 36 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
12 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.2 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
97.9 to 99.199 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
0 |